Featuring papercuts, embroidered cloth and clothes, beadwork, and wooden figures, this book showcases the lively and colorful work of artisans who live in a small hillside town north of Puebla,
Mexico. Gould offers a contextual essay, drawing on expertise gained from living in the community for two years in the mid-1990s, earning her doctorate (Native American studies, U. of
California, Davis), and working as an activist for indigenous self-development and human rights. Barbara Mauldin, curator of Latin American folk art at the Museum of International Folk Art in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, wrote the foreword. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
